Speech #840102647

The Arab States were invited to and did attend. The declaration as there adopted referred to the existing tension in the Middle East and I quote. "of the danger of that tension to world peace." The declaration called for the implementation of the United Nations resolutions on Palestine and. over the objections of the Arabs. the declaration included a call for. and I quote. "the peaceful settlement of the Palestine question." This is just one more resolution that the Arabs will ignore. What right have we or anyone else to think the Arabs would pay any more attention to this resolution than to past resolutions which called upon them to renounce their belligerencies. to call off their blockades. to extend their armistice agreements to final peace settlements. and to integrate the Arab refugees into the Arab economies? Every day that goes by without our Government making earnest efforts to establish peace in the Middle East and every utterance of the thought that armaments to the Arab states can establish peace is further proof of the Communists that our Government talks peace and acts war. To those who say I am too critical of our Government.